Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025. “O Christ, bright star of the morning, incarnation of ...

Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to draw some 32 million pilgrims to Rome in a test of the pope’s stamina ...

Pope Francis kicked off the first Saturday Jubilee audience of 2025 by urging pilgrims to embrace hope as a divine strength that enables new beginnings, drawing inspiration from St. John the Baptist.

On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis symbolically opened the sealed Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica from his wheelchair, inaugurating a jubilee year that is expected to draw a whopping 32 million ...

According to the Vatican, the tradition began in 1300 when Pope Boniface VII announced the first Jubilee. Later, Jubilees came to be celebrated every 25 years.

V ATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ plan to build an eco-village in the historic gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the popes, will be complete for the 2025 Jubilee, allowing ...

Pope Francis arrives to pray in front of the Marian monument of the Column of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Rome on the day the Catholic Church celebrates the Holy Mary, Dec. 8, 2024.

Pope Francis’ Christmas message was a plea for reconciliation, peace and care for others. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, ... Francis declared a special Jubilee in 2015-16 dedicated to mercy and the next one is planned for 2033 to commemorate the ...

Pope Francis makes Jubilee year appeal to end hunger, debt woes and death penalty. Story by RNS • 1w. V ATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the year 2000, then-Pope John Paul II appealed to leaders of ...